2012 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament

2012 Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2012
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Site Houlihan Park
Bronx, NY
Champions Dayton (1st title)
Winning coach Tony Vittorio (1st title)
MVP Burny Mitchem (Dayton)
Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2011  2013»
2012 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
Saint Louis † 17 – 7 – 0   .708     41 – 18 – 0   .695
Dayton †‡y 17 – 7 – 0   .708     31 – 30 – 0   .508
Rhode Island 16 – 8 – 0   .667     33 – 25 – 1   .568
Richmond 14 – 10 – 0   .583     30 – 26 – 0   .536
UMass 14 – 10 – 0   .583     22 – 22 – 0   .500
Saint Joseph's 13 – 10 – 0   .565     25 – 32 – 0   .439
Xavier 13 – 11 – 0   .542     28 – 28 – 0   .500
Fordham 12 – 12 – 0   .500     22 – 34 – 0   .393
St. Bonaventure 10 – 14 – 0   .417     23 – 25 – 0   .479
Charlotte 9 – 14 – 0   .391     21 – 32 – 0   .396
La Salle 7 – 17 – 0   .292     20 – 33 – 0   .377
Temple 7 – 17 – 0   .292     19 – 34 – 0   .358
George Washington 6 – 18 – 0   .250     20 – 35 – 0   .364
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2012[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 23–26. The top six regular season finishers of the league's thirteen teams met in the double-elimination tournament at Jim Houlihan Park at Jack Coffey Field on the campus of Fordham University in Bronx, NY. Second seed Dayton won their first tournament championship and claimed the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format

The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage. The bottom four seeds played on the first day, with the losers of each game playing an elimination game in Game 3. On day 2, the winners of games 1 and 2 played the top two seeds. Higher seeds were protected by playing lower seeds or playing later elimination games. Saint Louis claimed the top seed over Dayton and UMass claimed the fourth seed over Richmond by tiebreaker.[4]

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Saint Louis 17 7 .708
–
1
Dayton 17 7 .708
–
2
Rhode Island 16 8 .667
1
3
UMass 14 10 .583
3
4
Richmond 14 10 .583
3
5
Saint Joseph's 13 10 .565
3.5
6
Xavier 13 11 .542
4
–
Fordham 12 12 .500
5
–
St. Bonaventure 10 14 .417
7
–
Charlotte 9 14 .391
7.5
–
La Salle 7 17 .292
10
–
Temple 7 17 .292
10
–
George Washington 6 18 .250
11
–

Results

  First Round     Second Round     Semifinals     Finals
                                       
      5  Richmond 6  
  5  Richmond 9     1  Saint Louis 0    
  4  UMass 4         2  Dayton 9  
      5  Richmond 5    
    6  Saint Joseph's 3          
  6  Saint Joseph's 3     2  Dayton 4        
  3  Rhode Island 0         2  Dayton 3 —
      5  Richmond 0 —
         
  3  Rhode Island 6        
  4  UMass 5         5  Richmond 3    
      6  Saint Joseph's 0     1  Saint Louis 2  
      1  Saint Louis 6  
  3  Rhode Island 2    
  6  Saint Joseph's 3  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

Richmond's Jacob Mayers, also selected in 2011, was a second-time selection.

POS Name School Class
P Burny Mitchem Dayton SR
P Alex Pracher Saint Joseph's GR
P Clay Smith Saint Louis SO
P Zach Sterling Richmond FR
C Josh Jeffery Dayton SR
1B Dylan Begin UMass SO
3B Robby Sunderman Dayton SO
OF Chris Famiglietti Rhode Island JR
OF Ian Hundley Dayton JR
OF Phil Ruzbarsky Richmond SR
OF Brett Tiagwad Saint Joseph's SR
DH Jacob Mayers Richmond JR

Most Valuable Player

Burny Mitchem was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Mitchem was a senior pitcher for Dayton, who earned a pair of saves including in the 3–0 final over Richmond.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Standings & Leadres". Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.org. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Dayton Wins Atlantic 10 Baseball Championship". atlantic10.com. May 26, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Atlantic 10 Conference Championships". atlantic10.com. Retrieved May 13, 2012.